Somewhat off topic, but does anyone have an idea of when the NC welcome sign will be replaced on 77-N at the state line? The sign was plowed down several months ago but I didn't think it would take this long to replace.

Hmm...not sure how to feel about this just yet. To be a 10-0 vote by the council makes me think there is more to this story than we know right now. I'm glad HB2 may get repealed, but let's not sell out the folks we were trying to protect in the first place.

Yeah, I ate at Seoul on Sunday and they now offer you a $1 discount if you check in to Seoul on Facebook. The waiter stood over me and watched as I pulled my phone out and checked in . The place was more than half empty, however we had a late lunch (~2:00). I will say, I think their food is quite good and will continue to eat there, but that certainly came off as a little desperate.

There has been quite a bit of renovation work on the interior of 400 S Tryon recently, but I'm not sure if that will bleed out to the exterior. At the very least, they could do something cool with the lighting and make it a pretty interesting building at night. Those awful gold windows need to be replaced too!
As for 300 S Tryon, I really wish this building was about 100 feet taller. I dig the design and would love for it to have a larger presence. The Kimpton looks great!

Walking along MLK today, the curved beam on the SW corner of the office tower is becoming much more pronounced. Speaking of the tower, the core looks to be right at the base of the crane arm now. I'd wager the office crane is getting raised fairly soon?

If there is a positive here, maybe this gets the attention of the younger generations in the state to actually cast a vote. May this be McCrory's death knell, along with all the other blockheads in Raleigh.